suprachoroid lamina — a thin layer of connective tissue on the inner surface of the sclera; in official terminology it is named lamina fusca sclerae or lamina suprachoroidea depending on the point from which it is viewed. See l. fusca sclerae … Medical dictionary

Suprachoroidal — Suprachoroid Su pra*cho roid, Suprachoroidal Su pra*cho*roid al, a. (Anat.) Situated above the choroid; applied to the layer of the choroid coat of the eyeball next to the sclerotic. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

Lamina — A plate or layer. For example, the lamina arcus vertebrae, usually just called the lamina, are plates of bone in each vertebral body. * * * SYN: plate (1). SEE ALSO: layer, stratum. [L] l. affixa [TA] that part of the medial ependymal wall of the … Medical dictionary

layer — A sheet of one substance lying on another and distinguished from it by a difference in texture or color or by not being continuous with it. SEE ALSO: stratum, lamina. SYN: panniculus. ameloblastic l. the internal l. of the enamel organ. SYN: enam … Medical dictionary